I think it depends on the person. To a person thinking of going to an engineering school, that person would think art classes are a total joke. However, artistic people with a passion in art exist and that’s why there are prestigious art schools for those people. Same exact reasons why there are prestigious engineering schools or music schools. I’ve heard that RISD is an amazing art school, and last year only one senior got into Brown and did the partner program with RISD because he can “art”. Seriously, a regular student taking art can’t just get into RISD, you have to be amazing. There are other art schools with higher acceptance rates and less known programs but if you get into RISD my friend who’s the artsy types will be so jealous.